Iranian media said Tehran had received a letter from US Vice President JD Vance without sending a reply. The outreach seeks renewed negotiations as Iran presses conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The proposed dialogue involves sanctions, frozen assets and regional ceasefires; no public peace agreement has been announced.
Iran had received a letter from US Vice President JD Vance but had not yet replied, Iranian news agencies Tasnim and Fars said Thursday. The message was sent to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, seeking renewed diplomacy. Fars attributed its account of the letter’s receipt to a person familiar with the matter.[1], [2]
The Wall Street Journal had reported Wednesday that Vance acted at President Donald Trump’s direction in an effort to revive talks and avert further US strikes. It described the correspondence and subsequent contacts as addressing a possible negotiating framework. The full letter has not been publicly released. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was discussing a plan with mediators, chiefly Qatar and Pakistan, to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.[1]
Iran insists on seven conditions for reopening the waterway, including a ceasefire across the Middle East, the release of Iranian assets frozen abroad, removal of oil-sector sanctions and an end to the US naval blockade. Iran restricted shipping through Hormuz after the war began in February. Under normal conditions, the strait carries approximately one-fifth of global oil consumption. The United States has also imposed a blockade on Iranian ports.[1]
